Kling AI

Kling AI is the AI video and image generation business of Kuaishou, the Chinese short-video company, and the maker of the Kling video models. Its legal entity is Beijing Kling Technology.

Kling began as a product of Kuaishou, launched in beta on 10 June 2024 inside the KuaiYing editing app, and went through versions 1.6 (December 2024), 2.0 (April 2025), 2.1 (May 2025) and 3.0 (early 2026). By September 2026 it had been spun out of Kuaishou as its own unit, and on 1 September 2026 TechNode reported that the China Artificial Intelligence Industry Investment Fund (RMB 1.4 billion for about 1.14%) and Charoen Pokphand Robot (about US$19.3 million for about 0.11%) had signed on as new investors. Kling 4.0 was unveiled on 28 September 2026 with up to 30-second clips, stronger controls and multiple reference inputs; Kling's site also offers Kling Image 3.0, a Canvas workflow tool and MCP/CLI tools.

The service has been criticised for moderation that blocks politically sensitive content under Chinese rules, and fake Kling sites were used in May 2025 to spread infostealer malware.